By Greentech Lead Team: IBM announced the
opening of the first-ever server remanufacturing center in
Shenzhen, China. The new center will extend the life of older IT
equipment that otherwise would go into landfills. IBM will also buy back
select IBM Power Systems from clients as they upgrade to new IBM equipment.
“As the first IT provider licensed by the government
to remanufacture servers on mainland China, IBM can help clients
affordably acquire IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment locally to supplement and
support their IT operations while helping the environment,”
said Richard Dicks, general manager – IBM Global Asset Recovery
Services.
IBM takes back IBM and non-IBM equipment at end of lease
or when a client decides to upgrade in mid-lease. IBM Global Asset
Recovery Services also handles complete removal and dismantling of unwanted or
end-of-life IT products, preventing on average 97 percent of the weight of
equipment it processes from going into landfills.
Shenzhen facility will remanufacture hundreds of
mid-range IBM Power Systems, which are reconditioned, tested and certified
using rigorous processes and original manufacturing standards, or rebuilt to
meet specific customer requirements. The facility will help reduce the impact
of e-waste on the environment by preventing older IT equipment from ending into
landfills.
The new facility expands IBM’s global remanufacturing and
refurbishment operations in Australia, Singapore,
Japan, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and the United
States. IBM plans to expand the facility’s remanufacturing capacity
to 100,000 PCs and low-end and mid-range IBM and non-IBM servers per year by
2014.
Recently, IBM researchers collaborated with
experts from Statoil, Kongsberg Group and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to develop
an integrated environmental monitoring system aimed at helping oil and gas
companies minimize the environmental impact of their operations.
The new solution will be using industry frameworks combined
with streaming analytics technology to enable real-time monitoring of
environmental data, and early detection of and response to operational events
surrounding offshore installations.